The Blue Fairy Book, Beauty and the Beast, part 2, sentence 103

There were more birds in a room farther on, parrots and cockatoos that could talk, and they greeted Beauty by name; indeed, she found them so entertaining that she took one or two back to her room, and they talked to her while she was at supper; after which the Beast paid her his usual visit, and asked her the same questions as before, and then with a gruff “good-night” he took his departure, and Beauty went to bed to dream of her mysterious Prince.

Who acts: more birds, parrots, birds, charming, Beast, prince · What happens: be, talk, greet, find, entertain, take · To what, where: room, Beauty, birds, one, charming, supper

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Beauty and the Beast, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (more birds, parrots, birds, charming), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 greeted	advcl
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 birds	amod
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 room	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 were	obl
8	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 on	advmod
9	on	on	ADV	_	2 were	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 parrots	punct
11	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cockatoos	cc
13	cockatoos	cockatoo	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 parrots	conj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 talk	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 talk	aux
16	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 parrots	acl:relcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 greeted	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 greeted	cc
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 greeted	nsubj
20	greeted	greet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	Beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 greeted	obj
22	by	by	ADP	_	23 name	case
23	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 greeted	obl
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 found	punct
25	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	28 found	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 found	punct
27	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 found	nsubj
28	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 greeted	parataxis
29	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 found	obj
30	so	so	ADV	_	31 entertaining	advmod
31	entertaining	entertain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 found	advcl
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 took	mark
33	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 took	nsubj
34	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 entertaining	ccomp
35	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	34 took	obj
36	or	or	CCONJ	_	37 two	cc
37	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	35 one	conj
38	back	back	ADV	_	34 took	advmod
39	to	to	ADP	_	41 room	case
40	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 room	nmod:poss
41	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 back	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 talked	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 talked	cc
44	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 talked	nsubj
45	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 found	conj
46	to	to	ADP	_	47 her	case
47	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 talked	obl
48	while	while	SCONJ	_	52 supper	mark
49	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 supper	nsubj
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 supper	cop
51	at	at	ADP	_	52 supper	case
52	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 talked	advcl
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 paid	punct
54	after	after	ADP	_	55 which	case
55	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 paid	obl
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 Beast	det
57	Beast	Beast	PROPN	Number=Sing	58 paid	nsubj
58	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 greeted	parataxis
59	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 visit	nmod:poss
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 visit	nmod:poss
61	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 visit	amod
62	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 paid	obj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 asked	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 asked	cc
65	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 paid	conj
66	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 asked	iobj
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 questions	det
68	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 questions	amod
69	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 asked	obj
70	as	as	ADP	_	71 before	case
71	before	before	ADV	_	65 asked	obl
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 took	punct
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 took	cc
74	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	84 took	advmod
75	with	with	ADP	_	81 night	case
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	81 night	det
77	gruff	gruff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 night	amod
78	“	"	PUNCT	_	81 night	punct
79	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 night	amod
80	-	-	PUNCT	_	79 good	punct
81	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 took	obl
82	”	"	PUNCT	_	81 night	punct
83	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	84 took	nsubj
84	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 paid	conj
85	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	86 departure	nmod:poss
86	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 took	obj
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 went	punct
88	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 went	cc
89	Beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 went	nsubj
90	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	84 took	conj
91	to	to	ADP	_	92 bed	case
92	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 went	obl
93	to	to	ADP	_	94 dream	case
94	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 went	obl
95	of	of	ADP	_	98 Prince	case
96	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	98 Prince	nmod:poss
97	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	98 Prince	amod
98	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	94 dream	nmod
99	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 greeted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	more birds			a room; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location
2	talk	could	parrots and cockatoos						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	greet speech: greet	past	birds = bird	Beauty				by name	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Theme
4	find	past	charming	birds = bird				indeed property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic
5	entertain	gerund	charming not said here						tree rules
6	take	past	charming	one					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
7	talk	past	parrots = parrot		charming				vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent
8	is	past	charming			supper			tree rules
9	pay	past	the Beast	charming's usual visit					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset
10	ask speech: ask	past	the Beast not said here	the same questions	charming				tree rules
11	take	past	prince	prince's departure			then; night		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent departure=Theme
12	go	past	Beauty			bed		to dream of charming's mysterious Prince	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location to dream=Destination
13	visit		charming						nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent
14	depart		prince						nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent
15	dream			charming's mysterious Prince					nom dream «cognition transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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